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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>But a valid point Ron.&nbsp; One we will 
not see changed in my lifetime.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
del</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> 
  <A title=vanputte@cox.net href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">Ron Van Putte</A> 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org 
  href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 07, 2005 2:31 
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: OFF topic subject worthy of 
  viewing</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On Feb 7, 2005, at 1:19 PM, Ed Miller wrote:<BR><BR>
  <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>We need a world where those 
    setting policy&nbsp;are the ones responsible&nbsp;to carry it out 
    too..........I wonder if we'd ever have wars 
    then.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>That point has been made 
  many times with no result. A question I'd like to hear an answer to is, "If 
  Social Security is so great and doesn't need to be fixed, why aren't 
  Congresspersons and Senators covered by it, rather than their own system?" 
  Sorry, but that was WAY off topic.<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte<BR><BR>
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    -----<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger><?/x-tad-bigger><B><?x-tad-bigger>From:<?/x-tad-bigger></B><?x-tad-bigger> 
<?/x-tad-bigger><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEEE><?x-tad-bigger>Rick Wallace<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?x-tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR><B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>To:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger> 
<?/x-tad-bigger><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEEE><?x-tad-bigger>discussion@nsrca.org<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?x-tad-bigger> 
<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR><B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Sent:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger> 
    Monday, February 07, 2005 1:47 PM<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR><B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Subject:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger> 
    Re: OFF topic subject worthy of 
    viewing<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR><BR><BR>I'm reading into Nat's 
    comment that he believes the mission might not be a 'right/good' one, but 
    given that our guys are there, they deserve our total support - since 
    they're the guys who're carrying out the policy, not the ones setting 
    it...<BR><BR>That's certianly how I feel about the issue of our guys in 
    Iraq/ Afgahnistan/ etc- too many friends / comrades/ classmates over there 
    to feel otherwise.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>